Is there any organisation in the country as addicted to its own destruction as the BBC? It feels like every day there is another news story about the Beeb – one of the world’s most venerable legacy media corporations – demonstrating a total lack of institutional confidence. Channels shuttered, programmes ditched, staff culled: the BBC is being drawn into a permanent cycle of self-flagellation.
Matt Brittin, the new director-general, has been tasked with creating a modern, streamlined BBC, one capable of withstanding political scrutiny as it heads into next year’s charter renewal. As part of this restructure, the organisation is looking to shed £100m of budget assigned to “content”.
